Walmart doesn't care about black people...

[Kilo]

Wal-Mart Halts Movie Suggestions on Web By MARCUS KABEL, Associated Press Writer
Fri Jan 6, 6:25 AM ET


Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is shutting down the system that creates movie recommendations on its shopping Web site after it linked a "Planet of the Apes" DVD to films about famous black Americans, including Martin Luther King Jr.

Wal-Mart said Thursday it had removed what it called the "offensive combinations" from a walmart.com page advertising a boxed DVD set, "Planet of the Apes: The Complete TV Series."

Under a "similar items" section, the DVD set's page linked shoppers to four films about the lives of King, actress Dorothy Dandridge, boxer Jack Johnson and singer Tina Turner. Wal-Mart later altered the page to link with television show DVDs.

The world's largest retailer said the software that generates links for shoppers from one movie to others of similar interest would be shut down. All cross references would be removed as soon as technically possible until the system can be fixed, Wal-Mart said.

Bill Wertz, a spokesman for the Bentonville, Ark.-based company, said it wasn't yet clear how or when the technical problem arose. "We're still looking into it," he said.

Wal-Mart moved swiftly after a link to the page for "Planet of the Apes" began circulating on the Internet.

"We are heartsick that this happened and are currently doing everything possible to correct the problem," Wal-Mart spokeswoman Mona Williams said in a statement.

"Walmart.com's item mapping process does not work correctly and at this point is mapping seemingly random combinations of titles. We were horrified to discover that some hurtful and offensive combinations are being mapped together," she said, adding that the company was "deeply sorry that this happened."

"To further illustrate the bizarre nature of this technical issue, the site is also mapping movies such as `Home Alone' and `Power Puff Girls' to African-American-themed DVDs," Williams said.

A documentary about surfers, "Riding Giants," links to the same list of seemingly unrelated fantasy films as the King biopic, including "Polar Express" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

Here's a screencap blatently stolen from "somewhere else". *Note I am not responsible for the red bolded additions...

[MOLA1]

That is fuckin fucked up. WOW.

[Elektra]

Walmart = Racist hicks, no shit.

That's why you go to Target.

[DennyMcLain]

Walmart = Racist hicks, no shit.

That's why you go to Target.

Oh really.

I didn't know Taget carries BDSM products.



Poor poor NQ. He's been a bad boy, and now he must pay.......

[Elektra]

Walmart = Racist hicks, no shit.

That's why you go to Target.

Oh really.

I didn't know Taget carries BDSM products.



Poor poor NQ. He's been a bad boy, and now he must pay.......

WOW! You can tell who isn't getting laid on this board!
Sheesh!
:shock:

[DetTitan]

lol, i personally think this is hilarious. Who the hell cares. The software that generates these things is so faulty. Amazon recommends some crazy shit. Its like... You are buying the Bible on tape, recommended items, a dildo. Somebody just felt like they needed to play the race card even though it was most likely a faulty algorythm in the software.

[Unibomber]

Walmart = Racist hicks, no shit.

That's why you go to Target.

I fucking love you now. Room for one more?

[Koolaid]

I know it wasn't done on purpose.

Wal-mart's too damn greedy to carry products aimed at those interested in the contributions of black people and then insult them. It would be a waste of money.

However Wal-Mart is more of a white trash thing anyways. This could inadvertantly help them.

[MOLA1]

Walmart = Racist hicks, no shit.

That's why you go to Target.

Oh really.

I didn't know Taget carries BDSM products.



Poor poor NQ. He's been a bad boy, and now he must pay.......

WOW! You can tell who isn't getting laid on this board!
Sheesh!
:shock:

:sign5:

[Kilo]

I just can't see this being as innocent as Titan is professing. That doesn't mean I believe this is a Walmart policy - it was probably some programmer making "a funny". There is simply no possible link to the movies other than the racial insult. No shared actors, producers, directors, key grip operators, writers, genre, storyline, style etc.